CITIZENSHIP: A Question of Understanding the Law

THE CITIZENSHIP QUESTION:

Questions have been raised over Section 44, which states that a person may not sit in Parliament if he/she:

(i) is under any acknowledgment of allegiance, obedience, or adherence to a foreign power, or is a subject or a citizen or entitled to the rights or privileges of a subject or a citizen of a foreign power;

However, Section 34 states:

Qualifications of members Until the Parliament otherwise provides, the qualifications of a member of the House of Representatives shall be as follows: (i) he must be of the full age of twenty-one years, and must be an elector entitled to vote at the election of members of the House of Representatives, or a person qualified to become such elector, and must have been for three years at the least a resident within the limits of the Commonwealth as existing at the time when he is chosen; (ii) he must be a subject of the Queen, either natural-born or for at least five years naturalized under a law of the United Kingdom, or of a Colony which has become or becomes a State, or of the Commonwealth, or of a State.

This means that anyone who was born or naturalised in Britain or a British colony and who has lived in Australia as a “resident” for at least three years is qualified to sit in Parliament.

According to S.34 it appears they don’t even have to be “naturalised” Australians.

The questions that need to be resolved are:

1. Is the United Kingdom a “foreign power”? According to the Australia Act 1988 it is, but as the Act was never ratified by We the People voting in a referendum it appears to be invalid. THE CONSTITUTION CAN ONLY BE AMENDED BY WE THE PEOPLE VOTING IN THE REFERENDUM.
2. Is the naturalisation ceremony that people must undergo to because Australian citizens valid? The Constitution does not mention it. Of course, the Parliament passed an Act to mandate the ceremony that includes the person taking an Oath of Allegiance.

The Constitution states in S.42 Oath or affirmation of allegianceEvery senator and every member of the House of Representatives shall before taking his seat make and subscribe before the Governor-General, or some person authorised by him, an oath or affirmation of allegiance in the form set forth in the schedule to this Constitution.

The Oath reads, “I, A.B., do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Her heirs and successors according to law.
SO HELP ME GOD!”

But once again we have a problem, because the Australia Act severed any allegiance to the British Queen. Instead, it tried to create the “Queen of Australia”.

So, as the UK is supposed to be a “foreign power”, who is the Queen of Australia?

What a mess!

This is why CIRNow is advocating reforming the whole government system. We the People should have the right to decide how we want to be governed, and the only way we can do that is by having the power to start (initiate) referendums to amend our Constitution….Citizens Initiated Referendums (CIR).

We have a 5-Point Plan to achieve this goal. But it depends on the people of Australia understanding that ONLY WE THE PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER TO GOVERN OURSELVES.

The Political parties do not have any power under the Constitution. Only we give them power by continuing to vote for the representatives they choose.

In fact, the Constitution doesn’t even mention political parties, or who should become PM. The only official mentioned in the Constitution is the Governor General acting as a representative of the Queen. But which Queen?

If we want to stop the political parties it is up to us to stop voting for them. We need to change our ways first.

Form a government to serve the will of the people and govern according to our Constitution and our laws

Amend the Constitution to give all voters the right to Citizens Initiated Referendums (CIR)

Create a secure online voting system so that citizens can vote anywhere, any time, giving us a more flexible and stronger democracy

Initiate Referendums to:

Leave the UN

Implement Service to the Nation to help protect our nation and supplement the ADF with a trained civil defence force, including a requirement for all equipment to be manufactured in Australia. This will boost manufacturing and create new jobs for all.

Reform the Electoral System

Eliminate all taxes and implement a single Bank Transfer tax

Select the type of immigrants we want who will benefit Australia and be loyal citizens

Give preference for aid to Australian citizens first

Renegotiate trade agreements to benefit Australia

Reclaim all public utilities and services that have been illegally sold to private enterprises

Reform the legal system to provide a Justice System

Initiate referendums submitted by citizens

Until Australia changes the way our government works, and makes the politicians directly accountable to We the People, we will continue to suffer the same indignities and loss of rights and freedoms. All Australian voters have the right and the power to change the system. It’s up to each one of us!

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A well presented opinion by Mike Holt, this information article piece is perhaps the only means of escaping from the tyranny of the Federal government political parties that invariably fail to consider the people of Australia. Already the mainstream media are just presenting the media news acceptable to the particular political party that holds the leadership of our nation.
This factor of selective published/presented news articles has proven its corrosive effect upon the greater population of America.
Then that the Australian present elected political party and its complicit mainstream media accept then present the very same as to be the supposed World view of the way thins are said to be. Do please recall that it was the American mainstream media that was complicit in the greatest ever scam upon our World. The 9/11 Twin Towers tragedy that murdered the lives of those thousands.
Thereby one must beware of both our “America obsequious federal government, then Australia’s mainstream media.”
Please bear in mind that in my 60 + years in Australia I have witnessed the myriad of changes that lay in the negative side of the lives of all the Australian people.during all the years I have dwelt in our country.
The present Liberal party are a hideous mob of opportunists, this is not an acceptable body of persons that Australia can any longer place any trust thereupon.